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OK so the sole reason I watched this was because it has 'tantei' in the title. Might sound weird, but there's a reason for it.
Tantei means 'detective' so I was expecting some sort of mystery. I thought they would be detectives. Sure, cute and entirely moronic detectives. But detectives all the same.
How sadly disappointing.
There is almost no element of mystery or intrigue in this show. ...

OK so the sole reason I watched this was because it has 'tantei' in the title. Might sound weird, but there's a reason for it.
Tantei means 'detective' so I was expecting some sort of mystery. I thought they would be detectives. Sure, cute and entirely moronic detectives. But detectives all the same.
How sadly disappointing.
There is almost no element of mystery or intrigue in this show. Furthermore, the term is used very loosely.
It's not logic, skill, or the powers of deduction that make detectives in this world.
Instead they have 'toys' (which are superpowers) that I guess are supposed to help them solve crime.
What detecting goes into it? All they do with these powers is fight the bad guys.

And the plot! Why did their toys disappear in the first place? We have no idea! How did they get them back? Beats me. Why did they leave again? No clue.

And yet I kept watching, hoping it would get better. And it did.
The characters I previously found thoroughly annoying and unlikeable I now only found mostly annoying and unlikeable.
The plot tried to incorporate elements of mystery a few times.
I laughed more and more as the true antics of Mr. Nijuuri became more evident. They didn't even try to make him serious: a perverted narcissist all the way he provides some delightful comic relief. He is the best part of the show.

Definitely not what I was expecting getting into this show ( was expecting serious mahou shojo) but it turned out to be hilarious and fun. My favorite is Cordelia but all the girls have lovable qualities. The villains are great too, even Twenty! We really need season 2 on CR!

I'm not even sure what to say. It's not what I was expecting, that's for sure (I thought it'd be a pretty straightforward shoujo kinda in the veins of Shugo Chara, Skip Beat, maybe even some typical school life animes). After watching 8 episodes, I think I'm slowly beginning to appreciate the show more, and actually find some humor in it. It's true that most of the characters are complete cliches ...

I'm not even sure what to say. It's not what I was expecting, that's for sure (I thought it'd be a pretty straightforward shoujo kinda in the veins of Shugo Chara, Skip Beat, maybe even some typical school life animes). After watching 8 episodes, I think I'm slowly beginning to appreciate the show more, and actually find some humor in it. It's true that most of the characters are complete cliches - except for the villains and side characters, who have strangely huge (and fairly unique) personalities. Yeah, the music isn't anything great either, and don't expect any really continuous storyline (at least so far). After the introduction of the characters, you could watch the episodes in whatever order and not be the least confused.

There's quite a lot more good stuff than I could have guessed, though, as long as you ignore the idea of "detectives" and "mysteries". Call it a magical-girl series and you'll be less disappointed - and maybe skip the first two episodes as well (the only thing you'll miss is Milky Holmes' demotion to ascetic lifestyles and an overview of their original powers, and the introduction of their pet cat + the "undercover" gentleman thieves. Oh, and a lot of REALLY annoying whining). The whining continues a little, but the scenarios Milky Holmes and their "rivals" G4 get into are usually so bizarre that they can't help but be entertaining. All in all, the series seems to be improving, and the over-the-top vibe of the writing is enough to bring me back to this if I need a funny time-waster.

I'm a big fan of classic mysteries, and Milky Holmes grabbed me almost entirely out of morbid curiosity -- because really I'm not a big fan of the 'moe.' Overall it was cute, with enough sly literary references to keep me entertained. I'm not sure I'd own it on DVD, or even give it a second watch, but it was a nice little diversion and I don't feel as though my time was wasted.

Have you ever read or watched a story in which there would be no plot if the main character(s) wasn't an absolute moron? If you have not nor want to, than I suggest you stay away from this show. Almost all the comedy is based around the stupidity of the main characters. The main villain is the only interesting person here. If you must watch this I recommend watching episode 3 or 7 as those are ...

Have you ever read or watched a story in which there would be no plot if the main character(s) wasn't an absolute moron? If you have not nor want to, than I suggest you stay away from this show. Almost all the comedy is based around the stupidity of the main characters. The main villain is the only interesting person here. If you must watch this I recommend watching episode 3 or 7 as those are this show at its peak...aside from the final battle in the last episode which is ruined afterward once again the the protagonists' stupidity.

I expected it to be like this, but at least TRY TO ACT LIKE THE CHARACTER YOU'RE PLAYING. Seriously, especially Sherlock Holmes is suppose to be a great duductionist, not some moe and a magical girl...

I cannot tell you how disappointed this anime made me. When I heard it was coming out, I was seriously geeked and looking forward to it. Think about it: a who's who of great detectives and villains from mystery literature, including Holmes, Wolfe, Poirot, the original Arsene (the supposed grandfather of Lupin III), Twenty Faces... the list goes on and on, all set in a school in a world where ...

I cannot tell you how disappointed this anime made me. When I heard it was coming out, I was seriously geeked and looking forward to it. Think about it: a who's who of great detectives and villains from mystery literature, including Holmes, Wolfe, Poirot, the original Arsene (the supposed grandfather of Lupin III), Twenty Faces... the list goes on and on, all set in a school in a world where people have magic "toys" that are basically superpowers, and the clash between detectives and gentlemen thieves... and... what's that sound?

Oh... yeah. That sound is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Edogawa Rampo and many of the other great mystery fiction writers rising from the grave as zombies to eat the brains of the creators of this anime for what they have done to their creations. Now, we should remain thankful that nothing can be done to ruin the literary masterpieces and the good television and movie versions of these fine characters, but Tantei Opera Milky Holmes does everything it can to ruin them.

Yes, I expected this to be cute, adorable, and pretty fluffy. Yes, I expected this to have some of the moe crap in it that seems to be infecting anime and manga these days. I didn't expect it to be unwatchable because it is a walking series of anime stereotypes that demeans the source material it is supposed to be paying homage to. These four girls, modeled off of four of the great detectives in all of literature, deprived of their powers, spend too much time falling down and being "moe" for anything to actually happen here. I'm not even sure who the target audience is for this, though I am sure that mystery fans like myself were in that target somewhere, and this show misses the mark... by about a mile.

The music is annoying crap, even for a moe show. It is repetitive and does nothing to add to the atmosphere of the show. The story is ludicrous to the point of making me just want to walk away from watching anime for a week. The characters are, at best, pale impersonations of their literary counterparts, and at worst, they are nothing like the characters they are supposed to be paying homage to. The saving grace of this show is that it is well animated, though the character and background designs have no sense of the world they are in, and too often, the switch from serious to cute is ham-handed and jarring to the viewer.

This is another good idea of paying homage to things that inspire today's creators of content, gone horribly wrong. Watch episode one if you don't believe me and just see how bad it is. I was actually routing for the main characters to fail so the show would just be over. It's hard to believe I am about to write this, but, even if you are a moe fan, there is better moe anime out there.

About the Show

"Sheryl, Nero, Elly, and Cordelia are the most popular students at Holmes Detective Academy, because of the many cases they've solved with
"Sheryl, Nero, Elly, and Cordelia are the most popular students at Holmes Detective Academy, because of the many cases they've solved with their Toys and teamwork. The students and the people of the Detective City Yokohama all look up to the members of "Milky Holmes", as they're called. But on a dark and stormy night, during a battle with their rivals "The Gentlemen Thief Empire", they lose their toys, and their fate undergoes a dramatic change..." ...more